1957 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Frankie Albert (8-4)
Location: San Francisco, California
1957 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1957 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The 49ers scored 260 points, but the defensive squad surrendered 264. Hugh McElhenny carried the ball for a team-leading 478 yards for San Francisco, and Joe Perry additionally aided the ground game.
Y.A. Tittle threw for 2,157 yards. Billy Wilson topped all receivers, grabbing 52 passes for 757 yards.
Dicky Moegle picked off 8 opponent throws.
Frankie Albert coached the team. The 1957 San Francisco 49ers lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Y.A. Tittle | 279 | 176 | 63.1 | 2157 | 7.7 | 13 | 4.7 | 15 | 5.4 | 46 | 80.0 |
John Brodie | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 160 | 7.6 | 2 | 9.5 | 3 | 14.3 | 28 | 69.6 |
Joe Arenas | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 92 | 30.7 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 158.3 |
Joe Perry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 305 | 191 | 62.6 | 2407 | 7.9 | 17 | 5.6 | 18 | 5.9 | 46 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hugh McElhenny | 102 | 478 | 4.7 | 61 | 1 |
Joe Perry | 97 | 454 | 4.7 | 34 | 3 |
Gene Babb | 102 | 330 | 3.2 | 19 | 3 |
Y.A. Tittle | 40 | 220 | 5.5 | 45 | 6 |
Larry Barnes | 20 | 78 | 3.9 | 16 | 0 |
Dicky Moegle | 9 | 48 | 5.3 | 18 | 1 |
Joe Arenas | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 7 | 1 |
John Brodie | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 377 | 1622 | 4.3 | 61 | 15 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Wilson | 52 | 757 | 14.6 | 40 | 6 |
Hugh McElhenny | 37 | 458 | 12.4 | 43 | 2 |
Clyde Conner | 30 | 412 | 13.7 | 41 | 4 |
R.C. Owens | 27 | 395 | 14.6 | 46 | 5 |
Gene Babb | 20 | 141 | 7.0 | 17 | 0 |
Joe Perry | 15 | 130 | 8.7 | 17 | 0 |
Gordie Soltau | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 18 | 0 |
Bill Jessup | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 |
Charley Powell | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
Joe Arenas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Larry Barnes | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 191 | 2407 | 12.6 | 46 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Jessup | 38 | 1656 | 43.6 | 62 |
Larry Barnes | 19 | 894 | 47.1 | 86 |
Totals | 57 | 2550 | 44.7 | 86 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Arenas | 25 | 80 | 3.2 | 26 | 0 |
Hugh McElhenny | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 |
Matt Hazeltine | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Dicky Moegle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 37 | 122 | 3.3 | 26 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Arenas | 24 | 657 | 27.4 | 64 | 0 |
J.D. Smith | 14 | 368 | 26.3 | 38 | 0 |
Matt Hazeltine | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Paul Carr | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Bill Jessup | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Gene Babb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 42 | 1066 | 25.4 | 64 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dicky Moegle | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 40 | 0 |
Bill Stits | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
Matt Hazeltine | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
Val Walker | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
J.D. Smith | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
Bill Herchman | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 1 |
Karl Rubke | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Totals | 18 | 264 | 14.7 | 54 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marv Matuszak | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hugh McElhenny | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dicky Moegle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Herchman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Stits | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
J.D. Smith | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Henke | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Y.A. Tittle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bobby Cross | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Babb | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Charley Powell | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Holladay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Leo Nomellini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Matt Hazeltine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Barnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Carr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Arenas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gordie Soltau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joe Perry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Gordie Soltau | 0 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
Y.A. Tittle | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
Billy Wilson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
R.C. Owens | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
Clyde Conner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Joe Perry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Gene Babb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Bill Herchman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Dicky Moegle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Leo Nomellini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 260 |